'American Idol': Another Finalist Gets the Boot, 8 Remain

SPOILER ALERT: Thursday's results show featured the departure of one of season 11's most polarizing contenders.

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American Idol has lost its comic relief: Heejun Han, the New Yorker whose perpetual smirk kept viewers wondering whether he took the show seriously, said goodbye Thursday night, leaving eight remaining finalists in his wake.

Iovine, who just might have more connections in the music industry than Simon Cowell, recruited Stevie Nicks to guest mentor on Wednesday's episode, wherein contestants sang songs by their respective idols.

The legendary singer-songswriter openly crushed on Phillips, the 20-year-old Georgia rocker whom she said would have been asked to join Fleetwood Mac if it were the '70s. "Last but not least, he's gorgeous," she cooed.

Also gracing the Idol stage: ex-champ Scotty McCreery, singing "Water Tower Town" (and apparently sporting the same black shirt he wore on every episode last season). Iovine came out onstage to present the country singer with a plaque commemorating his success.

Eric Benet dropped by to pay his respects to Brackensick, who performed the R&B crooner's "Sometimes I Cry" to much acclaim from the judges' panel. Benet, who was once married to Halle Berry (and really, that's all we can think about when we think about Eric Benet), gushed: "You have such a beautiful, unique voice and that song was tailor-made for you."